Paper Mario: The Origami King

[Drathnoxis]

What these interviews tell me is that the Paper Mario fans of the first few want is well and truly dead. No more fun and unique characters save for a small few

This is the main thing to me. I don't really mind them mixing up the combat, by all means. Straight back and forth turn based combat can get a bit old so trying new things is far from a bad thing. However when they aren't allowed to tell a story with unique and interesting characters, that is an abandonment of the core principle of the Paper Mario games.

It's too bad they screwed up so bad with Super Paper Mario. It's understand how Nintendo looked at that and thought Intelligent Systems needed to be kept on a short leash to stop all the NPCs from being random scribbles or whatever.

 

[Elvis Starburst]

This is the main thing to me. I don't really mind them mixing up the combat, by all means. Straight back and forth turn based combat can get a bit old so trying new things is far from a bad thing. However when they aren't allowed to tell a story with unique and interesting characters, that is an abandonment of the core principle of the Paper Mario games.

A few different people have said it best. There's Paper Mario, and then there's PAPER Mario. The first 3 are from the first era, and the other 3 are from the latter era

 

[Revnak]

I think it’s great, probably the best one. The plots of the early Paper Mario games may have had more “lore” I guess, but I never really felt like that’s what makes me like a story. I like the silly characters, gorgeous aesthetic, and overall excellent polish. Combat’s pointless but fun, boss fights are great, it’s just generally more good Nintendo. Big fan so far, and from the reviews I’ve seen I’m probably gonna like it more as I go along.